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Show JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE 28th April, Tucsday.-In the morning Malgares waited on us, and inforn1cd us he was to accompany us some distance on the route. After bidding adieu to all our friends, marched at a quarter past three o'clock, and encamped at nine o'clock at night at a spring- stonypassed ncar Chihuahua a small ridge of 1nountains, and there encamped in a hollow. This day as we were riding along, Malgarcs rode up to me and informed 1ne that the general had given orders that I should not be permitted to make any astronomi al observations. To this I r eplied, that he well knew I never had attempted making any since I was conducted into the Spanish don1inions. 29th April, J!Vedncsday.-Arrivcd at a settlement at eight o'clock-plenty of milk, &c. When about to make my journal, Malgares changed color, and in formed me it was his orders I should not take notes, but added, you have a good memory, and when you get to Cogquilla you can bring it all up. At first I felt considcra bl y indignant, and was on the point of refusing to comply; but thinking for a moment of the many politenesses I had received from his hands, induced me merely to bow assent with a smile, and we proceeded on our route, but had not proceeded far before I made a pretext to halt-established my boy as a vedet, and sat down peaceably under a bush and made my notes, &c. This course I pursued ever after, not without some very considerable degree of h·ouble to separate 1nyself from the party. Arrived at the fort of St. Paul at eleven o'clock, si· tuated on a small river of the same name, the course of which is north-east by south-west. At the time we were there the river was not wider than a mill stream, but sometimes it is three hundred yards wide and impassable. Distance SO miles. T HROUGH THE I NT l ~ HIOR PROVINCFS, & . ~H!J 30th April, Thur.rday.-Marchecl at si.- o'clock, and at eleven arrived at the river Con hos 2·t Iniles-beautiful green trees on its banks. I was taken very sick at half pa ,t ten o'clock. Arrived at night at a small station on the rivC'r Conches, garrisoned by a sergeant and ten men from the fnrt Concho~, fifteen leagues up said river. l)istance 43 mile:.. l st May, Friday. - Marched up t h Conchos to its confluence with tlw river Florada, L.'J leagues from where we left the fonner river, and took up the latter, which bears from the Conchas S. 80° and 50° E. On it banks, ar' some very flourishing settlements, and they arc well tirnA bcred. A poor mis 'rahlc village at the conlluenc ..... Came ten miles up the Florada to dinner, and at night stopt at a private house. This property or plantation was valued formerly at 300,000 dollars, extending on the Florada from the small place we slept at on the last of April, SO leagues up said river. Distance 1S miles. Finding that a new species of discipline had taken place, and that the su picions of my friend Malgares were much more acute than ever, I cone ived it necessary t take some steps to secure the notes I had taken, which were clandcstincl y acquired. In the night I arose, and after making my n1cn charg all their pieces well, I took mv small books and rolled thcn1 up in small rolls, and tore; fine shirt to pieces, and wrapt it round the papers and put them down in the barrels of the guns, until we just left room for the ton1poins, which were then carefully put in ; the remainder we secured about our bodies und 'r our shirts. This occupied about two hom\, but was effected without discovery, and without . nspicions. 2d May, Satunlay.-March dearly, and in fonr and a quarter hours arrived at GuaxequiJlo ; situated on the river Florada, where we were to rxchangL o 1r friend 1\falI 1 |